France
Double Celebration today. This post on a Paris book and an Announcement. TA-DA! I am launching a photo e-book on Amazon for Kindle and on Barnes and Noble for your Nook. I have expanded and converted my blog post called Ten Places to Eat Cheap(er) in Paris into an e-book. Check it out. (And if [...]
PDF Destination: Paris Book: The Most Beautiful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris (NEW June 2011) by John Baxter In , John Baxter tells stories that add depth to a stroll through Paris. The Australian writer lives in the city of literature and art with his French wife and their young daughter. Print PDF
Destination: Paris Movie: Midnight in Paris (NEW 2011), written and directed by Woody Allen What a delicious confection of a movie. If you are craving a hearty boeuf Bourguignon of a movie, go elsewhere, but if a simple little meringue melting on your tongue sounds heavenly–this movie is the dish for you. But it may [...]
Having published 600 posts, now, once in a while I start wondering if perhaps the readers of today’s blog post may have missed something from the past that I think they might like. So I’m going to do a little reviewing from time to time. Starting with 5 things I learned about 5 different parts [...]
Destination: France BOOKSTORES A tip of the hat to Trazzler, who inspired this post. Trazzler lists short posts about beautiful bookstores around the world, including Paris. (UPDATE: Actually the page is gone, but you can do a search on Trazzler for beautiful bookstores and find them individually.) Do take a look because the collection had [...]
Let’s play word association. What do you think of when you hear “Memorial Day”? Okay, hands up, who said “Sale?” Those of you whose hands are not up—you’re showing your age. In the small town in Ohio where I grew up, the cemetery was up on the hill behind the Church of Christ. It [...]
Destination: France Book: Taking Root in Provence by Anne-Marie Simons A Guest Post by Dr. Jessie Voigts [Note: What you see below is a portion of a recent interview that Jessie Voigts published at Wandering Educators. I extracted just three of the questions and answers, but there is a lot more. Read the entire interview [...]
Destination: Paris Book: Murder in the Latin Quarter(2009) by Cara Black You can win this book by leaving a comment below (see end of post). I often think of Alfred Hitchcok and the MacGuffin when I read a mystery. To Hitchcok, the core of a mystery was the MacGuffin, a physical object that eludes the [...]
Destination: 17th Century Paris and London Book: Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution (NEW 3/2011), by Holly Tucker Although I love to read about history, I do not think of myself as a fan of scientific history–and to say that a book is about blood transfusions is enough to [...]
